Binding-machine for way-bills, &amp;c.



110.796,346.; 'PATBNTED AUG.1,1-9o5.

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` ArPLIdATIoN FILED Dnc. e, 1904 3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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APPLICATION FIIf'IID DEO. 6, 1904 SHEETS- SHEET 1 Armmvfrs 110.796,34'.I PATBNTBD AUG. 1,1905,

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` BINDING MACHINE PORy WAY BILLS, .&o.

,ArrLioATlongrxnm pms; 1994 ATTORNEYS UNITED srATEs PATENT. OFFICE. f Ij CHARLES F. Maen, OFATHENS, OHIO.v

BINDING-MACHINE FoRwAY-BILLS, ae.

Patented Aug. 1', 1905.

Application filed December' 6, 1,904. `Serial No. 235,661.

To MZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. MoBnn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Athens, in the county of Athens and State of Ohio,`

have made certain new andl useful Improvements in Binding-Machines forVVay-Bills and the Like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to binding-machines; and it consistssubstantially in the improvements hereinafter particularly described,and pointed out in the claims.

The invention has reference more especially to machines for bindingtogether in book form any desired number of paper or other sheets, asway-bills, checks, or the like,and one of the principal objects thereofis to overcome numerous disadvantages and objections clommon .to manyother machines hitherto devised for similar purposes.

A further object is to provide a machine of t the character specifiedwhich is'isimplein construction, easy of manipulation, and inexpensiveto manufacture, besides being thor` Fig. 3 is a central transversesectional view.

Fig. 4 is a rear perspective View showing the swinging evener (brokenoff) for the sheets as swung partly'open to disclose the interiorconstruction and .organization of parts more clearly. Fig. 5 is aperspective view representing the machine as turned upwardly on end andthe parts thrown to position to enable the insertion of the binder forthe sheets subsequent to the formation of the holes through the latter.Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional View illustrating a modication.

Before proceeding with a more detailed description itrnay be stated thatin the forms of my improvements herein shown I employ 'suitable meansfor receiving or containing any desired number of paper or other sheetsto be bound together and also employ a suitable pressure device forholding the sheets in solid or compact relationship to enable a row ofholes to be formed therethrough near one of their edges for receiving awire, cord, or other binder for the sheets. The holes for the v'binderarepreferably formed by means of an ordinary manually-operated rotarybit, and I employ suitable means for evenly guiding the bit in itsmovements, aswell as for gaging the distance between the holes. I stillfurther employ suitable means for evening the edges of the sheetsadjacent to which the holesl are formed, and while I have hereinrepresented my improvements incertain preferred embodiments it will beunderstood that I do not limit myself ,thereto in precise detail, sinceimmaterial changes therein may bemade'and still come within the vscopeof my invention.

y Reference being had to the drawings by they, designating charactersmarked thereon, 1 represents in entirety what I term a receiver for thepaper or other sheets 11 to be bound together, the same comprisinga baseor bottom 2, having suitable supporting-feet 3 and also provided withopposite sides 4 of suitable height and depth. The said receiver may beconstructed of any suitable material, and as a strengthening devicetherefor I preferably employ a longitudinal frame 5, having verticalside port-ions 6 sunken in recesses therefor in the outer surfaces ofthe said sides 4and provided at their upper ends with eyes 7. The

rearward ends vof the said sides 4 of the receiver` extend somewhatbeyond the rearward edge of the base or bottom 2, as shown, and hingedat 8 to the said rearward edge of the base or4 bottom is a longitudinalblock 9, hav ing therein a series of vertical holes 10, preferablydisposed equal distances apart, said block being adapted to be turnedoutwardly with respect to the base or bottom for the purpose hereinafterto be described. Thishinged block 9 is provided in its outer facewithpreferably two recesses 11, in which are received correspondingmembers 12, projecting from the inner surface of a swinging evener 13for the sheets hinged at one end to the rearward end of one of the sides4 of the receiver and provided at its other end with any suitable,

face of each of the latter being notchedat 19 to form a suitable rest orsupport for the said strip 16. This strip is formed with a series ofvertical holes 20, corresponding in position to the vertical holes inthe hinged block 9 above referred to, the two sets of said holes servingas guides for an ordinary rotary bit employed for forming correspondingholes in the sheets 1u near. or adjacent to one of their edges, as willbe presently explained.

In connection with the receiver for the sheets 1u I employ a suitablepressure device for the sheets comprising a removable platen 21 ofdimensions practically equal to the inner dimensions of the receiver andprovided at the rearward edge Q2 thereof with a block Q3, hinged at 24tothe platen, so as to be capable of being turned outwardly in adirection opposite to that in which the block 9 is turned at the time ofinserting a wire or other binder through the holes 20, which are formedin the sheets. The said hinged block 23 is also provided with a seriesof holes 27, corresponding to the holes 10 and 2O in the block 9 andstrip 16` respectively, and the upper surface of the platen 21 isprovided with suitably disposed rotatable arms 28, which preparatory toboring the holes through the sheets are turned in position to bring anend of each of them across the upper surface of the block 23, thus tosecurely'hold the latter downwardly upon the sheets. The upper surfaceof the said platen 21 is preferably provided with a plate 29, having acentral bearing or recess for receiving thelower end of a screw 31,working in a central vertical opening 32 of a longitudinally-disposedyoke 38, having at each end thereof a pair of separated metal eyes 34,receiving between them one of the eyes 7 of the side pieces 6 of thestrengthening-frame 5 for the receiver.

Passing through all of the eyes referred to at each side of the machineis a suitable device, as a pin 35, for securing the yoke in its mountedposition upon the upper edges of the sides of said receiver, it beingnoted that the upper end of the screw 31 is provided with a suitableoperating-handle 37.

Asthus constructed and organized the operation of the machine is asfollows: I first place upon the Lipper surface of the base or bottom ofthe receiver preferably a sheet of cardboard orA the like, as indicatedat 1", and then I place upon said sheet the pile or stack of sheets 1 tobe bound together, it being understood that at this time the block 9 andthe strip 16 are in the positions indicated in Fig. 4 and that theevener 13 is in the closedposition thereof. (Indicated in Figs. 1, 2,and 3.) The inner or rearward edges of the sheets are held evenlyagainst the inner surface of the said evener13, as will be understood,and after the pile or stack of sheets has been properly the receiveranother of sheet cardboard 1 is preferably placed upon top of the same,whereupon the platen 21 is introduced and the hinged block 23 thereofturned downwardly to the position indicated in Fig. 4, being held in itsposition by proper adjustment ol the rotatable arms 26, as hereinheforementioned. The screw 31 is now operated to cause the platen to exertsuiiicient pressure upon the sheets to hold them in solid or compactrelationship while the holes are being bored therethrough. rlhe bit 4(indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1) is successively introduced throughthe corresponding openings of the hinged strip 16 and the hinged block223, and then by properly turning the bit the holes are formed in thesheets one after the other, as will be apparent. The holes 10 in theblock 9 are for the purpose of receiving the end of the bit after it haspassed all the way through the sheets, and after all of the holes havebeen formed in the sheets the machine is turned upwardly on end, asindicated in Fig. 5, whereupon the evener is unfastened and carriedupwardly and downwardly against one of the sides of the receiver, andthe block 9, strip 16, and block 23 are carried to the positions alsoindicated, thus exposing the inner or rearward end portions of thesheets in such manner as to enable the wire or other binder to beinserted through the holes 20" therein and suitably fastened to securethe sheets together. After this the pressure upon the platen is relievedby rotating the screw 31 in the opposite direction, and then the sheetsmay be withdrawn from the machine, all bound together in book form, aswill be apparent. In some instances l may dispense with the evener 13,since the sheets may be sometimes placed within the machine insuiiiciently even shape without it; but I prefer to employ the same forthe purposes of eiiectiveness in the use of the machine.

Instead of the pressure device (illustrated in Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive)I may sometimes dispense with the yoke and screw, together with theirappurtenances,I above set forth, and employ a simple weight (see Fig. 6)for exerting the desired pressure upon theplaten 21, said weight being'conveniently provided with a threaded pin 46 on its under side, screwinginto a threaded opening therefor formed in the upper side of the platen.

In the event the evener 13 is dispensed with it may also be desirable todispense with the supporting-feet 3 for the receiver, so as to enablethe base or bottom of the latter to lie flatly upon the upper surface ofa table or bench while the bit is heilig operated to bore the holesthrough the sheets oneaftcr the other, as already explained. In thisway, then, the hinged blocks 9 and 23 will be maintained in properrelationship both while the pressure devices are being applied to thesheets and placed in position upon the base or bottom of l while the bitis being operated. lhe holes in the block 9 are each merely to provide aclearance for the end ofthe bit after the latter has been forced all theway through the sheets,

and in the use or employment of both the.

evener and the supporting-feet the block 9 will be held in properrelation to the block 23 and base 2 of the receiver in virtue of theentrance of the members 12 on the evener into the recesses of saidlirst-named block. It is apparent that other means than the rotatablearms 28 may be employed for holding down the block 23, and also that theyoke 33 may be constructed in different ways, and that simple pieces ofwire or the like may be sub-r stituted for the pins for securing theeyes on the yoke to the eyes on the sidesof the receiver. The sheets ofcardboard or the like applied to the outer sides of the pile or stacko1c sheets serve as backings for the latter, and when the machine isturned on end, as indicated in Fig. 5, and the evener 13, the strip 16,and blocks 9 and 23 are turned outwardly or away from each other, asshown, the binder for the sheets may be conveniently inserted lthrougl'i the holes therein in any suitable way. The machine may be madeof any desired size, and the height of the pile or stack of sheets to bebound together may be varied 4within the limits thereof, as will beunderstood. To remove the platen, it is simply necessary to loosen thescrew 31 sufficiently, and to detach the yoke 33 the fastenings thereforare first removedfrom the eyes at its ends.

In the event o't' the weight `45 being used in lieu of the yoke and itsscrew the machine may no t be turned on end, as in Fig. 5, to

\ insert the binder through the holes in the sheets, since the platenand weight would then be likely to fall out of position and disarrangethe sheets. Instead, however, the machine may be moved so4 as to causethe rearward end thereof'to project slightly beyond an edge ofthesupporting table or bench for the machine and the binder applied to thesheets after throwing open the evener and strip 16 and turning apart theblocks 9 and 23, as already explained with reference to said Fig. 5. Inthus operating the machine even the weight 45 may sometimes be dispensedwith, provided the platen itself be made heavy enough to exert thedesired presl sure upon the sheets to hold them in position.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A binding-machine for paper or other sheets, comprising a receiverand a pressure device for the sheets, and means to guide an implementfor forming holes through the sheets adjacent to one of their edges,said receiver having a base'and opposite sides, and a swinging evenerfor one of the edges of the sheets.

2. A binding-machine for paper or other sheets, comprising a receiverand a pressure device for the sheets, and means to guide an implementfor formingv holes through the sheets adjacent to one of their edges,said receiver having a base, opposite sides, and a swinging evener forone of the edges of the sheets, comprising a receiver and a pressuredevice for the sheets, and means togulde an implement for forming holesthrough the sheets adjacent to one of their edges, said receiver havinga base and oppositesides, the latter having eyes at their edges, andsaid pressure device being constructed of a removable platen, a yoke anda screw working in the yoke and against the platen, each end of the yokehaving separated eyes receiving between them an eye of one of saidsides, with a device detachably securing the eyes together.

41A binding-machine for Apaper or other sheets, comprising a receiverand' a pressure device for the sheets, and means to guide an implementfor forming holes through the sheets adjacent to one of their edges,said receiver having a base, opposite sides, and a.

swinging evener `for one of the edges of the sheets, the sides beingprovided with eyes at their edges, and said pressure devicebeingconstructed of a removable platen, a yoke and a screw working in theyoke and against the platen, each end of the yoke having separated eyesreceiving between them an eye of one of said sides, with a devicedetachably securing the eyes together.

5. A binding-machine for paper or other sheets, comprising a receiverand -a pressure device for the sheets, said receiver having a base andopposite sides, a block hinged to the rearward edge of the base, havingholes therein, and a strip'hinged above said block, having correspondingholes therethrough, land said pressure device having a removable platenwith a block hinged to its rearward edge, having holes therethroughcorresponding to the previously-mentioned holes, and means for holdingthis block down upon the sheets.

6. Abinding-machine for paper or other sheets, comprising a receiver anda pressure device for the sheets, said receiver having a base andopposite sides, a block hinged to the rearward edge of the base, havingholes therein, and a strip hinged above said block, having correspondingholes therethrough, and said pressure device having a removable platenwith a block hinged to its rearward edge, having holes therethroughcorresponding to the previously mentioned holes, and rotatable arms onthe platen for holding this block down upon the sheets.

7. A binding-machine for paper or other sheets, comprising a receiverand a pressure device for the sheets, said receiver having a base andopposite sides, a block hinged to the rearward edge of the hase, havingvertical holes therein and provided in its outer sur'- face withrecesses, a hinged strip above said block, having corresponding holestherethrough, and a swinging evener for the sheets, having projectionsfor entering said recesses; and said pressure device including aremovable platen With a block hinged to its rearward end, having holestherethrough corresponding to the previously-mentioned holes.

8. A binding-machine for paper or other sheets, comprising a receiverand a pressure device for the sheets, and means to guide an implementfor successively forming holes through the sheets, adjacent to one oftheir edges, said receiver having a hase and opposite sides, andprovided with a hinged evencr for the sheets, having means for securingthe saine in closed position with reference to said sides.

CHARLES F. MGBEE. Titnessest JNO. Kumi' J oLLY, FRANK H. Dum.

